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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Elizabeth L Eisenstein |
| ISBN: | 0521299551 9780521299558 |
| OCLC Number: | 46977891 |
| Notes: | "Complete in one volume." |
| Description: | xxi, 794 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. Introduction to an elusive transformation. The unacknowledged revolution -- Defining the initial shift ; some features of print culture -- pt. 2. Classical and Christian traditions reoriented ; Renaissance and Reformation reappraised -- A classical revival reoriented : the two phases of the Renaissance -- The scriptural tradition recast : resetting the stage for the Reformation -- pt. 3. The book of nature transformed. Introduction ; problems of periodization -- Technical literature goes to press : some new trends in scientific writing and research -- Resetting the stage for the Copernican Revolution -- Sponsorship and censorship of scientific publication -- Conclusion : Scripture and nature transformed. |
| Responsibility: | Elizabeth L. Eisenstein. |
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